Accessory GI organs Flashcards
(13 cards)
The 5 main functions of the Liver are?
Production of bile, Storage of glycogen, Detoxification, Synthesis of albumen to maintain plasma oncotic pressure, and synthesis of clotting factors
Name the 6 accessory glans in the digestive system
Parotid, submandibular, sublingual, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas
The two surfaces of the liver are the _________ surface facing the inferior surface and the ______ related to the other abdominal glands.
Diaphragmatic and visceral
This is the recess that seperates the diaphragmatic surface of the liver from the diaphragm.
Subphrenic Recess
What is the name of the recess between the liver and right kidney?
Hepatorenal recess
The liver is divided into two functional lobes. where is the imaginary sagittal plane passing through?
It is passing through the gallbladder fossa and the fossa for the inferior vena cava on the visceral surface.
What are the three things involved in the portal triad?
The Hepatic artery, (Hepatic) portal vein, and Hepatic bile duct
What are the four lobes of the liver?
Right, Left, Quadrate and Caudate
Cirrhosis is caused due to _________?
The liver being damaged by toxins of viruses causing the liver cells are replaced by fibrous connective tissue.
What is the cause of gallbladders opening a fistula into the duodenum?
When a gallbladder sits in the fundus for long enough and causes inflammation for long enough it can cause an opening between the gallbladder and the duodenum. This can then allow the gallstone to escape the gallbladder and may obstruct the ileocecal junction
What are the 5 divisions of the pancreas?
Head, Uncinate process, Neck, Body, Tail
The two ducts of the pancreas are_____?
Main pancreatic duct which joins the bile duct in the hepatopancreatic ampulla, and the Accessory pancreatic duct which drains part of the head of the pancreas.
What anatomical locations can be used to locate the spleen?
Rib IX - Rib X in the left hypochondrium or LUQ.
